quarterback frank tarkenton giving his take on the nfl stalemate. i'm don lemon, the "cnn newsroom" starts right now. we begin tonight with breaking news on a story that captured cnn viewers around the world. a woman with a desperate plea to journalists at a libyan hotel. she claimed rape and abuse at the hands of moammar gadhafi's henchmen. she was roughed up and hauled away. tonight, in the libyan government says she has been released. nic robeson is at the hotel where it all happened. first let's play what happened.

>> where are you taking her? >> where are you taking her to? where are you going with her? where are you taking her? >> that's the woman right there being whisked off. we're preparing to get ready for nic robertson who will join us from the hotel where it happened. as he's preparing to get ready, i want to tell you we're told the woman has been released and they're saying it's a criminal case against four individuals

who have an attorney that they're saying, but, again, the woman has been released, that's according to a government official. she said over the course of two days she had been roughed up and raped at the hands of moammar gadhafi's militia. that woman burst into the hotel full of journalists having breakfast say sheg hing she had raped and beaten. our cameras and many other cameras were broken and virtually annihilated so there would be no evidence in this case. we did manage to save the video. as nic prepares to get ready, we want to give you the latest on our libya coverage that is explosion and tracer fire over tripoli. that was just a short time ago in the capital city. it's not clear where the explosions were coming from, but coalition forces continue to enforce a no-fly zone over the

country. i want you to check out this video from a british fire jet over northern libya. you're seeing what the crew saw as they take him and blast away an enemy target. this video shows missions against moammar gadhafi's forces in ajdabiya and also misrata. libyan rebels are advancing westward and taking control of two key cities. the opposition said gadhafi's force retreated from ras lanuf and rebel fighters appear to have seized the oil town of brega. defense secretary of robert gates is accusing gadhafi of ghoulish tricks to make it seem like the forces have killed civilians. >> we have proof coming up with any civilian casualties that we have been responsible for. but we do have a lot of intelligence reporting about gadhafi taking the bodies of people he's killed and putting them at the sites where we have attacked.

we've been extremely careful in this military effort. >> nato approved a plan to take over responsibility for the libya operation. that will happen in two or three days, then the current coalition led by the u.s., britain and france can stand down. now we want to go back to cnn's nic robertson joining us from tripoli where that dramatic event unfolded yesterday in the hot hotel. we're hearing the woman has been released. do we know if this is true? >> reporter: well, government officials say she has been released. but so far the government officials here sometimes -- some of the things they tell us don't turn out to be as they tell us directly. when the government spokesman was asked if we could interview her by some journalists who said they talked to her family and had given the green light to interview her now, he made it sound like it was impossible. so, it's really not clear if she's actually been released yet or not. maybe we'll get more information

on that tomorrow. when i challenged him about the fact that he had been accusing her of being a prostitute against the fact that her family says she was a law student, this is what he had to say. >> yes, nic. >> the family, you have been describing her -- >> nic, could we not discuss her -- no, no. listen, nic -- nic -- could we please, this is a very -- nic, please. could we just to respect her, her daughter, her family, to respect -- this is a very conservative society. could we not expose her in public, please? could we let -- what do you care about, nic? not to embarrass me as i'm standing here on the stand -- what you care about, nic. if i said something, i said what i knew. i don't want to repeat anything i said. i'm not withdrawing from what

i'm said. i don't want to make it more known, more public. this woman has a family, we need to protect her privacy, her daughter's rights, when she grows up. we need to make this as criminal case, as legal a case as possible without talking about peoples histories, their files, their previous crimes or lifestyle. we live in a very conservative society. as a sign of respect to this woman, hopefully -- i'm quite sure, by the way, the okay from them will come. >> reporter: the fact is the government here has been involved in a smear campaign against eman al obeidy since she walked into the hotel and officials whisked her away. they tried to make it out like she was prostitute. the government is trying to silence her and utterly

discredit her. reporters are hoping to talk to her since she has reportedly been released. >> and she has become the face of this conflict, hasn't she? >> reporter: she has, indeed. the reason for this is the government here wants to portray the situation in tripoli as where everyone supports the leader moammar gadhafi. she was the first person to come into the hotel here, to talk to journalists, go on camera and speak against the regime. but the regime, according to her, had done unspeakable things against her, tied her up after she went through a checkpoint and raped her over the period of several days. she was brave enough to do that. we saw the way that the heavy-handed government officials here dealt with her, bundling her up, silencing her, throwing a bag over her head, taking her away from the hotel. now they're trying to make it all sound better. but at the same time, they're accusing her, and on state television as well, of the worst

sort of slander. accusing her of being a prostitute. as we heard the government spokesman, not willing to stand up publicly and admit essentially what it had done. >> nic robertson in tripoli, thank you very much for that. we wanted to show you what happened at the hotel today where this woman burst in yesterday. let's take a look. men and women, in bengahzi. men and women in bengahzi marching in support of this woman, and you see them there. again, as nic robertson said, she's become the face of this conflict so far. this video of the rally just coming in to cnn. let's move on to syria, yemen and libya, the latest countries in turmoil. cnn looks at how the events unfolded, what the future holds for different nations and what it means for the u.s. in tunisia, egypt, libya, hopes for democracy spreading across northern africa and the middle east. we will talk to someone who

knows these countries very well, the former secretary of state, madeleine albright and i'll ask her about the passing of her good friend, vice presidential candidate geraldine ferraro. what you are watching there is the force of this tsunami. it will make you stop in your tracks and watch this. like our new lobster-and-shrimp trio with a parmesan lobster bake, our decadent lobster lover's dream and eleven more choices. right now at red lobster.

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. the sounds of change in syria. it is the latest middle east country to face regime-shaking protest and deadly clashes. a source tells cnn that the hated state of emergency that's been in place for nearly 50 year is being lifted. it's a concession among accusations that troops opened fire on them. facing the biggest challenge yet to his presidency, the president will address his nation in the next couple of days. the source says the cabinet could resign next week. as soon as he decides on a new prime minister. i'm joined from washington by madeleine albright, she served as secretary of state during the clinton administration. the first woman to hold that post and also served as u.s. ambassador to the united nations. thank you very much for joining us. >> good to be with you, don. >> much has been made of this conflict and how the united states got involved.

i have to ask you, do you think the president handled this properly and should we have intervened? >> i think he handled it very well. the reason we intervened is that terrible things were happening on the ground in libya. people were being killed. gadhafi himself had said that he was going slaughter everybody. we had international support for it, not only from the europeans, but from the arab league, from a number of countries in the middle east. so, that kind of combined international support for this, i think, is very, very important along with the u.n. security council resolution, and the fact that as secretaries clinton and gates and the president have said, this is going to be moving towards a nato operation with help from the other countries. >> and i know that you think he's unstable. i think you called him a nut. should removing him from power be the ultimate goal of the

mission? >> i think the goal of the mission is in order to protect the civilians. that's what the security council resolution says. but, i -- he has lost his legitimacy, as numbers of leaders have said. and one of the things, though, every situation is a bit different. i had a lot that i was working on when i was secretary on kosovo. we bombed under nato auspices, nato did, for 78 days, milosevic surrendered, but it took a year for him to leave. he was under indictment for the war crimes tribunal. the noose can be tightened. >> please stay with us. we're going to take a quick break here. i'd like to come back and talk about your good friend, geraldine ferraro. i know you have some fond memories you would like to share with us.

>> i don't make resolutions anymore. i stopped doing that when i was a kid. i used to make all kinds of resolutions, lose weight, stop smoking. stopped doing that, have determined all i'm concerned about now is the future.

i wanted to it to be a good future for my kids and grandchildren. >> that's iconic politician geraldine ferraro. the first female vice presidential candidate from a major u.s. political party. a three-term congresswoman and for a time a co-host of cnn's "crossfire." she died yesterday. she and walter mondale lost in a landslide, but ferraro's place in history was secure. madeleine albright was a close friend and adviser. she joins me now from washington. i want to read a quote. in the summer of 1985, i was out on fire island and for a weekend with madeline albright who was then my foreign policy adviser on the '84 campaign. we became good friends. i got a call from one of my mother's neighbors. she said your mother is at the hospital and having trouble

breathing. madeline said i'm going with you. we went across the water in my son's boat. we went to the hospital. the doctor told me it was emphysema, but if she stopped smoking she would be fine. and i turned to her and asked, do you know? you can finish that story? >> it showed how much gerry adored her mother, why she would be having emphysema. mostly it was a matter of unbelievable care. she felt she owed everything to her mother, who was a single mother and had really supported gerry through school. there wasn't a time that her mother didn't call that gerry answered the phone and would always be there for her. this was a very huge loss for her when her mother died. >> she was also very close to her father. in that book she tells a story, she was a young girl, she went into mom and dad's bedroom in the morning, her dad said gerry,

leave the room. her mom came out and said your dad has gone to be with the lord. that's how she found out about her father's death. she talks about how -- what she wanted to happen when her father died. a picture on the nightstand and american flag. she wanted that to be buried with her as well when she died. >> she was a great patriot and loved her parents. so many wanted everybody to understand what a terrific family she came from. and what a terrific family she has. the quote that you used about caring about the future, i have never met anybody that was such a fighter for the future, for her children and grandchildren. and for america. that's what she was about. she was a feisty fighter and a path breaker, and nothing will ever be the same in american politics once she stepped up on the stage there at the san francisco convention and said i'm geraldine ferraro, and i'm running for vice president of the united states. >> doctors gave her three to

five years when they gave her the prognosis, and she lasted much longer than that. that says a lot about her spirit and tenacity. >> totally. she lasted 12 years after that prognosis. and every single day was a fight. i spoke to her about a week ago, and she was ready to take on the next part of this. to always be ready to try something new. she was such a spirit of life and a desire to live and to really show that she could beat the odds. she beat them for a very, very long time. >> her family and her daughters, how are they doing? >> they're obviously devastated, but they are very, very close family. they are going to spend a lot of time crying and laughing over gerry's stories. we all will. she talked with a particular speed that many of us had to keep saying slow down, slow down so we can understand you. she really had so much spirit and love of life and all of us,

while we say that we have lost a friend, we will never have lost her because she's etched in our minds forever with her laughter and her sense of doing the right thing for her family and the country. >> ambassador albright, thank you very much. >> thank you. we need to take a quick break here. don't go anywhere. just ahead, new video of the tsunami in japan unlike any you have seen before. i promise you, it is heart pounding.

just when we thought we had seen all the dramatic tsunami video over the past two weeks, we were wrong. this was recently posted on youtube. it is a fishing port of 75,000 people. the tsunami traveled about six miles up the bay before reaching the city. take a look.

we will have much, much more on that video coming up next hour on cnn. kes esh kesennuma is close to the fukushima plant in japan. the nuclear facility is now a hot pin cushion. spikes of radiation are pulsing throughout the complex. some readings today were so high that even japan's safety

department did not believe they were accurate. an earlier testing showed they were an error. ocean water 1,000 feet from the plant today shows radiation levels more than 1,800 times higher than normal, 1,200 yesterday. wow. here in the united states, flooding, hail, snow and avalanches. big weather headlines to tell you about. jacqui jeras is here. jacqui, as we look at that new video, what did you say? >> it gives you chills. >> yeah. >> it's just hard to look at. >> every time i see it. you know, new video keeps coming in. we'll keep bringing it to you on cnn. each one worse than the one before it. >> i know. hard to believe that actually happened. that that was real. we've had a lot of extreme weather in the u.s. today. a lot of weather headlines. a lot of weather video to go along with it to help explain to you how it's happening across the country. starting out in california where

there's been storm after storm after storm hitting your area this week. this is in the san pablo area where at least three homes are at risk from sliding. this is mud slides, landslides, all happening because that ground is too saturated, too much rain at one time and it's getting loose. a very unstable situation. these people have been told to get out of the area because of that danger. taking you to minnesota, this is in hastings, the mississippi river is on the rise. it's already above flood stage but not expected to crest until thursday at the earliest. there you can see all of the volunteers that have been out there sandbagging, trying to protect homes in the area. we'll continue to track this story in the days and weeks possibly ahead. these pictures, this is come in from georgia and the atlanta area, where thunderstorms caused lots of hail across the area yesterday. look at how big that was. there were reports up to grapefruit size yesterday afternoon. that's pretty large.

hail continues to be a threat today in southern parts of the state and also focusing in in here along the i-10 corridor. a lot of thunderstorms lining up producing heavy downpours and some reports of hail. 113 of them today in alabama and georgia. this threat will be ongoing. the severe thunderstorm watch until 11:00 eastern time for today. tough travel conditions. we'll talk more about that in the next hour, for what you can expect for your commute tomorrow. >> do you remember when you hooked me up with the noaa weather radio a couple years back. >> did it wake you up all night long? >> the weather makes you sleep, the rain, when it's not hailing. >> use that same technology so you code in your county so it doesn't go off for every single thing. >> everyone needs one. >> absolutely. >> jackqui jeras. a california man is in the hospital after his sunday newspaper explodes? now the fbi is on the hunt. and operation odyssey

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it's time to check your top stories on cnn. libyan rebels are advancing westward and taking control of two key cities. the opposition said gadhafi's forces retreated from ras lanuf and rebel fighters appear to have seized the oil town of brega. nato okayed takes over the responsibility of the no-fly

zone in the next two three days. a terrifying explosion in a quiet san francisco area neighborhood today. this is a chopper shot from kgo. a man was getting his sunday newspaper when an explosive device inside the paper detonated. he was rushed to the hospital. bomb-sniffing dogs searched the area for more hidden explosives, but didn't find anything. it's not known why the victim was targeted. the fbi and police investigating. a fatal bus crash two weeks ago in new york city that killed 15 people has resulted in nearly a dozen more bus drivers being taken off the road. a state crackdown in the aftermath of the crash found 11 commercial bus drivers were using aliases. the aggressive enforcement was launched after the driver of the fatal bus crash was found to have lied on his license application. and athens, georgia, hundreds of mourners turned out today for the funeral of a

police officer gunned down tuesday while pursuing a carjacking suspect. officer elmer christian had been with the athens police for eight years. his alleged killer surrendered on live television after a four-day manhunt. former president jimmy carter will be back in cuba form. he was last there in 2002. he was the only u.s. president in or out of office to visit the communist island. this is a private trip. it was at the invitation of the cuban government. they don't have the money yet, but today there are unconfirmed reports a group of state government workers in albany, in new york, bought that winning mega millions lottery ticket. lucky devils. no one has officially come forward to claim the $319 million jackpot. the earliest anyone can collect the money is tomorrow. back to our libya coverage.

as we reported, rebels seized two more cities in libya, arwa damon visited both areas. >> reporter: we are here on the western outskirts of the oil town of brega, yet another location, now it would seem it's firmly in control of opposition fighters. they say thanks to those air strikes that took out gadhafi's positions outside of ajdabiya, clearing the road for them to continue on their march westward. this is the gate to ras lanuf, heavily damaged by fighting, but this was caused by the initial battles that took place between gadhafi's troops and opposition fighters. the fighters telling us when they came through on this day they encountered no resistance whatsoever. in fact, there was no sign of gadhafi's military. both brega and ras lanuf very critical, not just to the opposition but also to gadhafi's

government. it is evident why as we look over here at ras lanuf oil refinery. so this here is a man who has driven down from bengahzi with the american flag. he says to thank the united states for standing with them. driving through ras lanuf t appears as if the damage is not that extensive. but people were telling us that inside some of the homes, it's another story. this here is abdel's house. he just came back from bengahzi to check it out. and it's been completely trashed inside. it looks like it was set on fire or caught fire somehow. >> this is my room. >> this is your room. >> yes. my room. do you know what happened? he donesn't really know what happened to it or what would

have happened in here. >> reporter: he is physically upset. he is showing us family photos he says he managed to salvage. this is a burnt picture of his parents. this one is of his sister. the trunk of this car has just been loaded with ammunition, with rockets. the trunk of this vehicle as well. all of this stuff heading for the frontline. the opposition encountered very little resistance in getting this far, but with gadhafi's hometown their next planned destination, they say the toughest fight could be yet to come. syria, lennon and libya the latest countries in turmoil. tonight cnn looks at how the events unfolded and what it means for the united states. watch "uprising" tonight at 9:00

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we have some breaking news on cnn. we just reported on what was happening in japan, according to the usgs, a 6.5 earthquake has been reported off the japan coast. a 6.5 magnitude earthquake reported off the japan coast. and that is japanese coast. here's what our affiliate there, nhk is reporting. they are saying there is a tsunami warning after this quake in northern japan. they're saying it's about 50 centimeters, about 19 1/2, 19.7 inches. again, that is what is being reported. our meteorologist, jacqui jeras on top of it. we'll check in with her in a bit and go to our people on the ground in japan to find out what's going on. again, an earthquake has been reported by the usgs, and a tsunami warning by our affiliate

there as well. we'll get it to you on cnn. let's move on as we await on the developments on that. hall of famer quarterback fran tarkenton is here. fran, you're a business man and a founder of the website called onemorecustomer.com. on your website and on youtube, you let nfl players and owners have it, singling out jerry jones and others to get something done. let's take a listen. >> owners and players, get rid of the anger. get rid of the ego. get rid of the lawyers. take the lawyers out of the room. jerry jones, call peyton manning and ray lewis. drew brees, tom brady, get in a room, you're a good man, jerry jones. these guys are good players and good people. let's get in a room and get the lawyers out of the way. this is a big pie to split up. let's figure out what would be best for the players, owners and fans and get a deal done before

it's too late. >> that's part of the six-minute plea to get together and settle the labor dispute before it jeopardizes the upcoming season. why you, first? and have you heard from them? >> i haven't heard from them, but, you know, this is a $9.3 billion enterprise. the most successful sports deal going in the world. the players are wealthy. the owners are wealthy. now they have the lawyers in s and they're threatening dessertificatidessert if de-certification and all kinds of lawsuits are flying around. lawyers never settle anything. they won't settle this strike. >> can you settle it? >> i can be the mediator, get jerry jones, peyton manning, drew brees in a room and we cannot eat or drink until we get a settlement. >> what would you say to them? >> in any partnership -- and they are partners, you wanted to make sure your partner has a good deal. if your partner has a good deal,

you have a sustainable partnership. come together and just get this thing fixed before it is too late and we have a season delay or cancellation. >> okay. we know how wildly it's been seen, how many clicks you've had, is it working? is it helping? >> yes, it is helping. we are getting a lot of feedback. thousands have gone to the video and i heard from a lot of people. the fans don't have any sympathy in this thing. things can change. this league is so successful, but if the fans rebel, it's a different ball game. >> you are optimistic? >> i'm optimistic they'll get it done. >> quick change of topics here. barry bonds trial in the news. baseball has been hit hard by the steroid scandal. you don't hear much about it in football. why is it? why don't you hear about what's going on with performance-enhancing drugs in football as in other sports? >> i don't know that answer. here's the tragedy, whenever you have athletes trying to get an edge, workouts, vitamins,

supplements, now we know hgh, you run faster, you jump higher, you're stronger, you can throw the ball further, it's all over the nfl, the nba, college football and even in the high school ranks. we need to make a decision, are we going test and kick people out for using hgh or are we going to legalize the drugs? >> do they test as much in football as in other sports? >> hgh is not being tested right now. you certainly cannot afford to test hgh in high school ranks and college ranks, i doubt whether it's tested. it's hard to detect if not impossible right now. people are using it because athletes want to be better. we want to be faster and stronger so we'll use this stuff. >> do you think they should be tested and people penalized for it? >> they should make up your mind, have a rule that's against it, then you test them and kick them out if they use it or suspend them if they use it, second time you're out of football or whatever sport you're doing.

we know that these drugs, they make swimmers swim faster, track people run faster, throw the s discus further. all that stuff. >> and coffee. how much coffee what you had today that makes do you what you're doing? your energy is off the charts. >> i kind of just wake up this way. >> if i was representing you, i'd get an energy drink, you behind t because you have so much energy and you are so passionate. we appreciate it. i'm sure the viewers do as well. >> thank you very much. good to see you, fran. let's change gears. the royal wedding of prince william and kate middleton, i'm sure you're invited as well, just a little over a month away. it's not too late to get on the go to london and experience the pageantry firsthand. >> reporter: it's the countdown to the royal wedding. and there's still time to witness the nuptials in person. >> the good news is that late april is not peak travel season to london. >> reporter: it's far easier to plan now than in 1981 when

prince charles married lady diana spencer. >> we didn't have at our disposal a lot of the travel tool we have now, the online travel revolution, the low-cost travel boom. >> reporter: when looking for a hotel, be adventurous. step outside the city center zones of london. >> the further away you are from the city central of london, the more affordable your hotel would be. i would say look at cities an hour or two outside of london. >> reporter: without an invitation you won't be able to crash the wedding itself. so plan ahead and pick your spot on the royal processional route between westminster abby and buckingham palace. with the government allowing pubs to stay open late on the weekend of the wedding, you won't go thirsty. the streets around london will be packed with revelers enjoying the happy day. but don't worry, you can come, too. because there's always room for one more. richard quest, cnn, buckingham

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0. we have breaks news right now out of japan. a powerful aftershock and tsunami warning are issues. we're reaching out to our

reporters in japan and our meteorologist jacqui jeras is here. tsunami warning mondz morning after a 6.5 magnitude quake struck the region. it added, the tsunami height was expected to be about 0.5 meters or 1.6 feet tall. this is in the northeast part of japan, miyagi prefecture. this is from nhk's live broadcast. jacqui jeras, capable of causing severe damage at 6.5. considering what they're going through already, it ramps it up a bit. >> at that magnitude, i would be more worried about the damage to existing structures as opposed to having a real significant tsunami. you mengszed the 1.5 feet or half a meter, what they issue when they issue an advisory of how high they think the water could go. this is not a widespread pacific event. we don't need to worry in the united states. this with would be a localized

tsunami if it occurred. we saw the ripples in the water there. those could be indicative of rises in the water. keep in mind the first wave is not necessarily the biggest one. so 1.5 meters is going to cause some damage, but we don't think at that point it's a major, major concern. but people should be listening to the authorities there and seeking higher ground if possible. this is the location of the earthquake. this is very near the epicenter of the big 9.0 magnitude. let's put this on google earth. here was the 9.1 that occurred two weeks ago and this red dot that you see underneath that is the one that just occurred about the bottom of the hour, 6.5 in magnitude. usually when we talk about a major tsunami it's about 7.0 or greater. this was about 68 miles, 70 miles or so away from sendai. this is about 100 miles away from the fukushima power plant and this was probably somewhere around the range of 200-plus

miles away from tokyo. but probably those people certainly felt that and we're reaching out to our reporters who are out there on the scene to find out what kind of damage happened. >> as a matter of fact, i hate to cut you off. stand by. when i look at that map and i see fukushima, you said it's not that far away, of course it concerns people there because if that plant gets rattled again and shaken, who knows what's going to happen. you did mention our correspondents. paula hancocks joining us now from tokyo. paula, did you feel it? what's going on? what are you hearing from there as we look at live pictures? >> reporter: no, i did not actually feel it here in tokyo. we're about 350 kilometers or 250 miles away from where the epicenter was believed to have been. but the fact is this was a fairly large earthquake, 6.5 magnitude. this is really what we've been seeing over recent daze. just a couple of days ago we had a 6.6 magnitude. that was certainly felt here in tokyo. so this is an ongoing, fluid

situation that there are constant aftershocks, constant earthquakes that we're still feeling here at the moment. there was a tsunami alert, which is again quite usual for that particular area. the depth of this earthquake we understand was about four miles or less than four miles. there was a tsunami alert. at this point, though, it was half an hour ago that this happened. we haven't seen any evidence of that, but i've been in that region when there are tsunami alerts following the earthquakes and people do get to higher ground, obviously. you see the destruction around and people just don't want to take any kind of risk. but at this point there is no tsunami that we're hearing of. >> and paula, stick with us. here again, breaking news on cnn. we're getting reports of a tsunami advisory issued for japan and also a quake. actually, an aftershock, 6.5, according to the usgs. our paula hancocks joins us live from tokyo. paula, as we're watching the coverage, they're doing a weather report, similar to what

jacqui jeras was doing here on our air just a moment ago. what are the reports coming from on the ground? is it going to take a while for people to realize what's going on? >> reporter: well, people will certainly be listening for anything like this, especially if they had felt the quake. il i mean, once you feel the quake or aftershock, then there is an alert, an advisory, either a siren or certainly some of the systems have been destroyed in the first tsunami of march 11th so there will be a loudspeaker. there will be police blowing whistles in the area. we were trying to get people to higher ground. that's likely to be what's happening. in the worst-hit areas, many of these people would be in evacuation centers so they'd have their own system set up so they'd know they have to get to higher ground. many of these evacuation centers, though, would automatically be out of the reach of the tsunamis because they are still standing. but at this point we haven't heard that there have been any kind of tsunami, any kind of

effect. but, as i say, people are not taking any chances at the moment because it is an ongoing situation. these quakes are still continuing, and they are significant signs. 6.5 magnitude is a significant size, especially when it's less than four miles below us. >> and paula, stand by. let's take in nhk live now. they're showing us some rumbling, what's going on. we can't show the pictures right now but we'll get some shortly. we're getting new word as well from the pacific tsunami center. we'll update what they're saying about hawaii after the break. jacqui jeras will join us as well. she's checking on this. also paula hancocks is in tokyo following the story as well, a tsunami warning and also a 6.5 magnitude quake in japan. we're back with breaking news we're getting right after the break. don't go anywhere. linda: so, wh huge fans - george: of yours...and would be really honored... linda: ...if you would marry us. me?

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welcome back, everyone. japanese automakers are struggling to get back on their feet in the wake of the massive earthquake so what's in store for consumers ready to buy a new car? a one-two punch. a supply crunch and rising prices and i visited the international auto show being held here in atlanta to hear what's in store for car buyers worldwide. >> reporter: japan's earthquake is affecting car sales, right? >> it's going to because certain cars like this new prius v will be